Paul Mescal Reveals Boyish Paul McCartney Look!

The ticket to ride wasn't needed as took the long but not so winding road through a quiet Liverpool street while filming his latest scenes as  on Tuesday. 

The Irish star is currently working with director Sam Mendes on an ambitious four film anthology about The  and their meteoric rise from relative obscurity to become the biggest and most influential band in the world. 

Having already filmed raucous street scenes in London, with the English capital doubling for at the height of Beatlemania in 1964, Mescal, 30, appeared to turn the clocks back even further by portraying McCartney as a youthful teenager. 

The actor was seen enthusiastically riding a vintage bicycle along a leafy suburban street in McCartney's home town after rejoining the crew on location following his appearance at the 79th annual Awards. 

Wearing a pair of distinctive winklepicker boots and carrying a guitar on his back, Mescal rode his early '60s period racer while a car kitted out with camera equipment followed close behind. 

The actor appeared to mimic McCartney's boyish grin as he pedalled past vintage cars and extras dressed in appropriate period clothing, shortly after arriving in Liverpool. 

Mescal has travelled north to continue work on the project after narrowly missing out on a BAFTA during Sunday evening's ceremony, held at London's Royal Albert Hall. 

The actor's moving portrayal of 16th century playwright William Shakespeare in director Chloé Zhao's biographical drama Hamnet had  

But while he lost out to One Battle After Another star Sean Penn, Hamnet was named Outstanding British Film and Mescal's co-star Jessie Buckley won Leading Actress for her portrayal of the great Bard's wife, Agnes Shakespeare.

With the actor absent on Monday, Mendes and his team relocated to Liverpool suburb Allerton and number 20 Forthlin Road, McCartney's home for several years before signing his first record deal with The Beatles in 1962.

Built in 1949, the address was originally bought by McCartney's father Jim in 1955. He would remain their for a decade, until his son – by now a global star – bought him a new house in Heswell, a more prosperous part of the Wirral.

The terraced home, now a National Trust property, was a hive of activity as the street was cut off by traffic cones and diversions were created for oncoming vehicles.

With black tents and vintage cars lining either side of the road, production assistants were seen wheeling period-appropriate props and clothing onto the exterior set.

Early sixties-era bicycles, boxes and bags occupied space outside the property, as well as a variety of musical instruments – among them a replica of McCartney's first ever guitar, the Framus Zenith (Model 17) acoustic.

The legendary musician originally purchased the German-made guitar, which he still owns, from Liverpool's Rushworth Music shop in 1956, when he was 14 years old.

Extras in period costume were also seen mingling with the crew as Mendes and his team prepared to shoot scenes outside McCartney's old home, referred to by owners The National Trust as 'the birthplace of The Beatles'.

Mescal will

A strong supporting cast includes Aimee Lou Wood as Harrison's model wife Pattie Boyd, Saoirse Ronan as Linda McCartney, Anna Sawai as Yoko Ono and James Norton as the band's manager, Brian Epstein.

There will also be appearances from Mia McKenna-Bruce as Starr's first wife, Maureen Starkey, and Harry Lloyd as George Martin, the record producer with whom The Beatles worked on all of their eleven studio albums.

The project marks the first time Apple Corps Ltd and The Beatles – Sir Paul, Sir Ringo, and the families of Lennon and Harrison – have granted full life story and music rights for a film